Alessandro Lucarelli says that the Parma team will pay the coach and hotel for the away game against Genoa as computers are removed from the training centre in Parma, Italy.

A second consecutive match featuring crisis-hit Parma has been postponed, with the club still unable to provide basic services and on the brink of financial failure.

Italian Football Association (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio announced the postponement of Sunday's match at Genoa following a federation board meeting Friday, shortly after Parma's players had asked for the postponement -- threatening a boycott otherwise.

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Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has hit out at the way the Stadio Luigi Ferraris is run after Saturday's derby against Genoa, who share the ground with them, was called off because of a waterlogged pitch.

Ferrero said the clubs were paying "100,000 euros per game for a service... which is really worth a lot less" after no covers were put on the playing surface despite forecasts warning of heavy rain throughout Saturday.